Upcoming Workshops and Conference Sessions
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Training Workshop |
Tuesday
October 23, 2007
Worcester Public Library
Worcester, Massachusetts
10:30 am - 3:30 pm |
Playing Around With Books
Come learn some new creative and interactive approaches to engaging children and their caregivers! You will learn fun emerging literacy activities which will reach children at a social and emotional level, allowing them to connect more fully with the characters and events in the story, as well as with the program presenter. The workshop is presented by Regina Wade, MLS, an Early Childhood Consultant, Mother Goose on the Loose Trainer, and Music Together™ Instructor; and Betsy Diamant-Cohen, MLS, DCD, the Executive Director of Mother Goose on the Loose, “Your Baby Needs Music” Certified Instructor, and Children’s Programming Specialist at Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore, MD.
http://www.eventkeeper.com/code/events.cfm?curOrg=CMRLS#757658 |
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Conference Presentation |
Sunday,
October 21, 2007
10:30 am - noon, at the National Black Child Development Institute at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Chicago |
Early Literacy and the Public Library:
Promoting School Readiness and Success
Libraries offer a variety of free programs for children,
focusing on language, books, play, music, movement,
and creative interaction—all of which are supported by
recent findings in brain research. Learn about the role
public libraries can play in supporting and enhancing
your work with children and families.
Presenters: Betsy Diamant-Cohen, PhD, and Lynn A.
Scott, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, MD.
MCCORMICK ROOM, WEST TOWER
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Training Workshop |
Tuesday,
November 13, 2007
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
at the Indiana Convention Center
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An all-day workshop with Betsy and Regina, sponsored by The Children & Young Peoples Division of the Indiana Library Federation (ILF), with information about baby brain development and school readiness, as well as a hands-on Mother Goose on the Loose session. Following the session, workshop participants are given a programming packet and walked through the sections and components of the program. Towards the end of the day, participants have the opportunity to choose their own nursery rhymes and make flannel board characters to match. Each participant has the opportunity to experience leading one part of a Mother Goose on the Loose session. By the end of this workshop, participants should feel comfortable planning and running programs of their own.
$50 Member - $70 Non-Member
Registration is required, check the ILF website (www.ilfonline.org) to
do so.
For more information and registration contact:
Megan Maurer
Young People's Outreach Librarian
Vigo County Public Library
One Library Square
Terre Haute, Indiana 47807
812-232-1113
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Scheduling Your Own Workshop
Mother Goose on the Loose training workshops
are provided by Betsy Diamant-Cohen and Regina Wade. These
include:
- An all-day workshop with information about baby brain
development and school readiness, as well as a hands-on Mother Goose on the Loose session.
Following the session, workshop participants are given
a programming packet and walked through the sections
and components of the program. Towards the end of the
day, participants have the opportunity to choose their
own nursery rhymes and make flannel board characters
to match. Each participant has the opportunity to experience
leading one part of a Mother Goose on the Loose session.
By the end of this workshop, participants should feel
comfortable planning and running programs of their own.
- A two hour workshop given by Betsy Diamant-Cohen which
is a basic demonstration of a Mother Goose on the Loose session
with a few explanatory comments and a quick review of
the programming packet.
- A half day workshop with all of the above information
but without the hands-on craft activities.
- A two day workshop that includes Betsy and/or Regina
combing the full-day training session with actualy Mother Goose on the Loose sessions
given to the public. Workshop participants can observe
for themselves how the program works smoothly with real
children who have never attended a Mother Goose on the Loose program
before.
Other Workshops include:
- Playing Around With Books - a full day workshop with Regina and Betsy
- Preschool Storytime - a half day workshop with Betsy
If you would like to schedule a training workshop, please
contact Betsy at info@mgol.org or 443-928-3915. |
